Children's Aid Societies: Differential Response and Wraparound Prevention Trial

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

135 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-10-31

Study Completion Date

2010-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to assess the cost-effectiveness of this Differential Wraparound model, in 5 Children's Aid Societies within Hamilton-Niagara Region, in preventing maltreatment cases from either becoming ongoing protection cases, or the children ending up in out-of-home of out-of community placements, as well as reducing the amount of time in Children's Aid Society care as compared to usual Children's Aid Society risk assessment and protection service alone.

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Detailed Description

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The number of children in child welfare care has increased from 10,000 in the early 1990s to over 18,000. Ontario spends over $1.1 billion a year on direct child welfare services, more than twice as much as spent in the late 1990s, with the majority of these resources spent on investigation instead of treatment. In response to this situation, Differential Response models, sometimes called alternative, multiple or integrated system responses, have been implemented in the US, Australia and Canada and are all at the beginning stages of systematic evaluation. These models will help prevent maltreatment cases from becoming ongoing protection cases, or the children ending up in out of home or community placements, and reduce the amount of time in Children's Aid Society care. This research will show the benefits and costs of a Differential Response approach to Children's Aid Society care, specifically in the Hamilton-Niagara Region

Conditions

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Children

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Children's Aid Societies

Comparing differential response (Wraparound) with usual care

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parent of children and youth, living in Hamilton and surrounding areas.
* Newly referred substantiated cases going on to protective services.
* English \& non-English speaking.